Özet:

In this study, the famous article The Study of Administration published by Woodrow Wilson in 1887 is aimed to be discussed from a different vantage point than the common approaches. This article of Wilson is mostly approached in the academic literature with regards to politics-administration dichotomy and the birth of Public Administration discipline. In this study, Wilson's article is discussed within the context of reform. It is emphasized that the main objective of Wilson was not to herald the birth of the discipline of administration by setting forth the dichotomy of Politics and Administration but rather to try to transfer to his own country continental Europe's conception of administration. In this study, the difference between Wilson's approach to Europe and administrative reforms and that of the Ottoman state elite at that period of time is touched upon. In this context, the reform approaches that Wilson set forth in his article, The Study of Administration can be an important guiding spirit for Turkey which has been experiencing a reform process for two hundred years. Theoreticians and practitioners of Public Administration should re-review this article in this context.

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